Sanitary pin-holder.



J. H. ANDERSON.

SANITARY PIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-5,19l5.

Patmlted. Dec. 4, WW.

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SANITARY PIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Dec. 4t, 121?.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. ANDERSON, citizen of the United States, resident of Havana, county of Sargent, State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Pin-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a pin holder which can be pressed or stamped out of one piece of sheet metal and easily and quickly folded to the desired form for use as a holder. 7

A further object is to provide a holder of compact, durable construction in which pins may be kept in a paper roll or loose, as desired.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a view of the sheet metal blank, ready for folding to form the holder,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation,

Fig. 4: is a perspective view, looking at one end and the rear of the holder.

In the drawing, 2 represents the main portion of the blank, forming the back of the holder, provided with a hole 3 at the top for hanging the device on the wall. This blank is preferably of sheet metal and a holder of this material can be easily kept clean and will be sanitary under all conditions. 4 represents wings provided on each side of the plate 2, folded along lines 5 and 6 inwardly over the main portion of the blank. These wings are provided with depending fianges 7 which are folded along lines 8 and are provided on their lower longitudinal edges with tongues 9 which are adapted to enter slots 10 in the back plate, thereby forming a support on each side of the plate with a gap 10 between them. When a paper of pins is placed in the holder, one fold is allowed to. hang down outside the supports, where the pins can be conveniently removed, and as fast as the pins are used in one fold, it may be torn off and another fold with the pins therein drawn out.

At the bottom of the plate sections 11 and 12 are provided, folded upwardly on a line 13 between the section 11 and the plate 2 and a similar line lat forms a fold for the section 12 on the section 11. These two sections form the bottom and front wall of a pocket 15 in which pins or other loose articles may be kept. The ends of this pocket are formed by wings 16 provided at the ends of the section 11 and folded along lines 17 and these wings have lips 18 which are turned downwardly around the horizontal edges of the wing 19. The wings 19 of the section 12 are folded inwardly on lines 20 forming a continuation of the line 17 and lips 21 on these ends 19 are folded backwardly over the vertical edges of the plate 2, thereby locking the walls together without the use of solder, rivets, or other fastening means.

The device may be made in various sizes, and of dilferent gages of sheet metal, according to the size desired, and the usage to which it may be subjected. It also may be ornamented exteriorly in various ways.

I claim as my invention:

The within unitary structure constituting a pin holder, comprising a baclrplate having integral wings extended from opposite edges to form a pocket having end walls, a bottom, and front walls substantially parallel with the back-plate, the bottom and front walls terminating to each side of the center of the back-plate to form an open unobstructed space between the adjacent inner edges of the bottom, the front walls and the back plate, and a pocket positioned beneath the first mentioned pocket substantially from side-edge to side-edge of the back-plateand formed with a substantially continuous front wall and two end walls.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 28 day of Oct. 1915.

' JOHN H. ANDERSON. Witnesses:

C. E. CASTLE, H. J. PIEIFFER.

monies or this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the flomm'leeioner of Patents, Washington, 113. $3 

